Radiative Forcing of a Tropical Direct Circulation by Soil Dust Aerosols

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2403-2433

  Miller, R L ^a   Tegen, I ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACES;

DEEP CONVECTION; DRY STATIC ENERGY; NONCONVECTING REGION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOIL DUST AEROSOLS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL DIRECT CIRCULATION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; DUST; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOIL;

EID: 0032762103     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2403:RFOATD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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